Definition of Scotomas. Meaning of Scotomas. Synonyms of Scotomas

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Scotomas. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Scotomas and, of course, Scotomas synonyms and on the right images related to the word Scotomas.

Definition of Scotomas

Scotoma
Scotoma Sco*to"ma, n. [L.] (Med.) Scotomy.

Meaning of Scotomas from wikipedia

- scotomas. They are simply regions of reduced information within the visual field. Rather than recognizing an incomplete image, patients with scotomas...
- scintillating scotomas without other symptoms occurred in 1.23% of the group. The study did not find a link between late-life onset scintillating scotoma and stroke...
- nerve fibers. Ring or Double arcuate scotoma: Two arcuate scotomas join to form a Ring or Double arcuate scotoma. This defect is seen in advanced stages...
- nerve fibers. Ring or double arcuate scotoma: Two arcuate scotomas join to form a ring or double arcuate scotoma. This defect is seen in advanced stages...
- sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11. OD, By George T. Banyas. "Visual Aura and Scotomas: What Do They Indicate?". www.reviewofoptometry.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11...
- Multiple types of scotomas form inside Bjerrum's area, typically in patients with open-angle glaucoma. Of particular note is the arcuate scotoma (also known...
- wavelength foveal cones, this type of chart may help in detecting color scotomas and desaturation which may occur in toxic maculopathies, toxic optic neuropathies...
- cir****stances. In his paper on "Perceptual filling in of artificially induced scotomas in human vision" he records the effect of the unconscious brain filling...
- Seidel's sign (also called Seidel's scotoma) is a sickle-shaped scotoma that is a superior or inferior extension of the blind spot. It occurs in some...
- syndromes because the missing fields will not cross the midline. Junctional scotomas classically show ipsilateral optic disc neuropathy with contralateral superotemporal...